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ii4 STAMP COLLECTORS SHOULD TAKE WJHG DIFFICULTY IN GETTING EARLY UNITED STATES ISSUES. PERFECT SPECIMENS ARE RARE irrani the u.mp pt. May St. Nlcholu There is a growing difficulty in secur Irf fin copies of the early Imum of United State stamps. Tl maker of theiyt Issues were not required by tha Government to be careful in relation to tha perforating of them.

The paper wa of a brittle quality, very easily broken or Injured by careless handling. Tha postmasters who canceled' tlw stamp cared for nothing1 except thoroughly to obliterate tliem, ro that thej uaed un neceasary quantities of ink for this pur pose. All these things combined make It difficult to find uaed copies of tha early Issues of our country In Una condition. There were few collectors, and therefore not many of these stamp wars eared In unused condition. The consequence of thia atata of things I and will bo an Increasing difficulty In securing thee stamps in such condition as is acceptable to collectors who are at all particular aa to tha looks of their albums.

There are vast numbers of United State stamps In poor and ordinary condition. These many collectors take to fill the space In their albums until they can secure atamps of finer quality. Thij sterns, on the whole, to be a mistake, for tha possession of a apeclmen, even though it be foor cause a collector to neglect to secure another of the same stamp. i The desire to fill spaces that are vacant la greater than to improve "those that are not properly filled. The best thing for the young collector.

If he wishes to have a really pleasing album. Is to put nothing Into its spaces but unused, lightly canceled, clean copies of the stamps which he The Oiling of the album properly will be appreciated within a few year by those who care more for t'nlted States stamps than for the Issues of foreign countries since the growing demand will make it even more difficult than it now 1a to obtain fine specimens. THE TULIP MANIA. We often heat of paying "fancy prices" v. for articles "thft are very, rare, such as new varieties of plants or birds from foreign lands.

(Some men spend fortunes on fine horses, others for cows, and any number think chickens are worth any Perhaps some of you ave heard of the "tulip mania" of the seventeenth' century, but if you haven't. It may Interest yoq 1 ti know a little something about It. Tulips were practically unknown In western Europe until the middle of the sixteenth century, and then they were introduced, and Instantly became popular. They found their way to Holland, and the rllmate seemed to be particularly adapted to tnlr wants, eo the cultivation of tulips soon became an extensive occupation. luteh merchants made their purchase end sale a part of their regular trade, and supplied many other nations of Ku oje.

Any extraordinary tulip was sure to bring a very large price, for among tullp rowers "the strongest rivalry existed. Thia rivalry formed the basis of the tulip mania, for people begun to buy up rare ulbs and then sell them to tulip fanciers at greatly enlarged prices. Thus the demnnd Increased, the tulips brought higher and higher prices, and soon nearly everybody In Holland waa interested In the flowers. Everybody speculated and at first every one. won, ami no one lost.

Some of the poorest people became weulthy, while the richest increased their means. At lenirtn tn traao. line most an otner speculations, collapsed, and hundreds of people were ruined. The holders of roots for which fabulous sums hud been paid found no one to buy them, and they were obliged to sell for the ordinarily small 'price of a tulip. There wss one ipecles called Iemper AuauKtus, the root of which sold for Z.uOrt florins.

If you take the trouble to find out how much this would amount to in dollars and cents, you can perhaps 1m aglne the rashness of the Dutch people ,1.,. ti, tniin A Dutch florin la wu iiiin worth HQ.) TK'ft PTDHHftC I ITTI PCTQ Jimmv and Dick both had the measles. and were sick In the same lfoom In two uttt whit beds aldo by side. When they tarteA tn set welL not oulte strong in tu nrnund. VOIl klldW.

but lUSt sitting ud In bed, they wanted to be Am, ised every single moment. Poor mother waa at her wits end. She had mill them scranbooka and pictures hooka, and rows and row of paper, dolls, and had read them every story In the house, and yet they complained because tima hun heavily oil their hands. One morning they heard Mary Ann By Antoinette V. Ltach.

HAVE been led Into ft train, of re I flection by the present In our social existence regarding the growing evil of divorce In our i State. A demand for more legis lation haa arisen. How strange It ia that whenever a law la abused until evil outgrow it. the.i the howl Immediately goe up for more legislation. Oae great evil new Is too much legislation, snd not trough enforcement of the existing laws.

The demand Is for increased legislation placing restriction upon marriage and ulvorce. The question la one not only Interests the Stat, but the nation. Incidental to the Inquiry are the questions, Can restrictions be placed upon rcarrhige, and if so. how far can they ex' ttnO? Can be placed upon the divorce without injury to the innocent the Buttering? The calendar of our court furnish sufficient evidence n4 the fact now confront ua that one third of1 our married populutkm seek redress for their stakes and marital wrongs from which they suffer through divorce. Divorce an Divorce has become epidemic To the tmlooklng muralitit it seems ft mania.

To InP.let extreme punishment would cer talnly. It seems to me, be an Inhumanity toward the defects of human nature. In tha flrnt place, the legal dogma Is open to criMclsnt from its own basis. "Whom Cod hath' Joined together let no man put aunder." an examination of the coutt records we wonder how many God hath JolneJ tORether. I find in fcomo of the old ascetic religious creed of the p.M; that mur nut was forbidden altogether to their holy men.

for In their of it mur liaga wiu) ait Institution created in hell. DIVORCE THE IKDIAKAPOLIS SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 1904 PUZZLES AND STORIES FOR CHILDREN "PIGGY SAVINGS BANK" i ADVENTURE I. PIGGY, WITH HIS SWEET SMILE AND SAVING WAYS. MANAGES TO FIND MONET WHEREVER HE GOES. coming upstair with the two oreakfasts on a tray, and she entered the sick, room with her face all smiles.

"I have a folne breakfast for yo this boys," she said, i "Pooh," cried pick, with a contemptuous glance at tha rap. "Nothin' but that same everlasting oatmeal that we've had every day for the last two week." i Mary Ann put the tray on the table, and after fastening on the bibs and getting everything ready, she put the two little individual oatmeal dishes In front of thorn, i The boys lifted the cover simultaneously, and then screamed, "Oh," in the same breath, and well they inlicht, for what do you think they found Inside, Instead of a plain, everyday oatmealT'Noth uig more nor less than two cunning little ducks, each one smuggled comfortably down in the bottom ol the plate I Just at that moment mother appeared in the room with a plate of real oatmeal in each hand. "Tour father bought the ducka for you downtown," she explained to the bewildered boys, "and they can stay right in this room with you all day." The invalids were delighted and imme diately started to play with their new pets. To begin mother brought them in a big wavhbowl. which she filled with water and put between the two beds, so Dick and Jim could both look at it.

The ducks weren't big enough to Jump in by themselves, and had to be helped to their morning bath. Once they swam around and ducked and dived for invisible object in the bottom of the bowl and had a beautiful time. ma uain itt.a LA ivr kuuui halm, mi uvui, and then they flopped out on the floor and started on their breakfast that naa been sprinkled for them on a newspaper. After that, as Dick explained it, they dressed themselves for the day and shook off every drop or water, and smoothed their little downy feathers and tiny wings, until they looked as though they had Just come out of a bandbox. Then they were hungry again, and had a second breakfast, this time finishing every crumb of food and drinking a saucer of water.

Dick and Jim watched them with open mouths, for they were the first feathered pets they had ever owned, and, of course, proved very amusing. i hen night came the little ducks were put In the back yard, for it was warm. and they needed air, after being In the house all day. The boys often 'wondered ir they slept during the night: for they snoozed so much In the daytime, it hardly seemed possible that they could. They were so cunning when they went to sleep.

Snuggled up together in the sun on the floor lust like two little kittens, they'd stay for an hour at a time. When the invalids began to convalesce and were able to walk around, the ducks followed them all over. The boy were delighted to think that their pet really knew them and actually were sorry when the time came that the doctor pronounced his patients able to go out of doors, for then it was of course Impoesl impossible for the ducks to go too. bald mother one day: "What would I have done when you boys were sick. If It hadn't been for those little ducks? I simply couldn't think of another thing to amuse you with, and It waa a lucky day when father brought them home." The ducks are now grown up arid have lost a good many of thetr cunning tricks, but they still know their two masters, and never fall to give a pleasant "quack" when they see them coming.

PUZZLES. Puzzles. 1. Concealed Foot Gear (1) May is In the second tier of boxes. (2) I saw the monkeys and nil the elephants at the too the other day.

(3) She always meet me with a brisk gait, erect and smiling. (4) The booths at the last lair were very original. (5)He comes early in the morning with his hoe and shovel, to work In the garden. 2. Rhyming Enigma My first la In assent, but never In consent; My second Is In borrow, but never In lend; My third is in bake, but never in try; My fourth Is in mourn, but never In cry; ClvIUiatlon regards marriage aa a aac rament of the church.

The State regards It as a civil contract. Hearts and Human Law. Estates are measured by law. Hearts are beyond, the pale of human' law, to control or measure. Hearts are Implied In every marriage contract, though they may not always be mentioned.

Marriage Is a valuable consideration. Marriage may be valid' without any formal solemnisation. Marriage may be valid without compliance with the statute regulating them. Marriage is more than a simple for It Is under legislative control, yet no formal words are necessary to constitute ft contract of marriage. It Is an offer of ft heart for a heart, a soul for a soul, a life for ft life, and an acceptance for a valuable consideration, bound by good faith, to live together, to live for each other long a both shall live.

The life of a marriage contract fn law Is a lifetime, and lt can only be dissolved by death itself, in the moral law and the law of nature. It may be voidable by human law. but a valid marriage not be set alde at the will of the parties as voldl The mental disabilities and the legal disabilities are always considered In every contract. Under the general exceptions under the first class are lunacy. Idiocy.

Intoxication and Yet even In some cases certain contracts of a lunatic may be valid. This leniency of the law. 1 suppose, is granted for the reason that It is so very difficult to draw the line of distinction between sanijy and Insanity. Is Nation In Mental Decay? Thrtt now leads us to another question which may be the foundation for this disruption of our social order. Have we, aa a nation, reached a stage of mental decay? Have we lost consciousness of our personal Identity in the moral world? Let the metaphysicians who lay such stress EVL My fifth la In skate, but never In ride; j.

My sixth is in run, but never In slide; My seventh's in square but never in ring: My whole Is a flower that blossom in spring. Z. Word Puzzle Fill the blank with words that sound alike, but are spelled differently: (1) Aa the of the town waa being married the old church tolled. (2) That can be untied. (3) The a of that shin were bought at a (4) I knew he get In the for the fire.

6) That is the tlmo he pulled that gate: back and (6) Going down the he did nothing but at me. T) Dinner waa precisely at (8) We heard the of the lesa kite. i 4. Arithmetic Puxzle 1 Take 50 from a Jewel and leave a kind of fruit. (2) Add l'WO to a tree and leave to press.

(3) Add 100 to an elevation and leave to have a cold. (4) Add 1 to to trade and leave Imaginary. (5) Add 5 to a liquor and leave a valley. (6) Add a 1000 to a girl name and spite. 5.

Word Parailelograin 1 (1) 1 (2) 2 3 4 (3) 7 8 (4) 10 11 12 13 14 (5) 15 (fi) 1 C7 (8) (10) (11) (1) A consonant. (2) To permit. (3) A fruit. (4) A symbol. (5) At no time.

(6) An upright post. (7) To revolt. (8) A sour fruit, (s) Limited to a place. (10) To doze. (U) A consonant.

In the diagram my 1 3 7 11 15 and 6 4 7 tt speu tne same word; also a 4 and 10. etc. 8. Charades fl) Mv first Is to steal, my second is a preposition, arid my whole is a small bird, My nrst is an accom puce, my second Is devoured, and my whole Is the roof of the mouth. (3) My first is as far as.

my second. 1 a nick name for mother, my third is a part of the foot and my whole is a vegetable. (4) My first Is a pronoun, my second la a cir cle, and my whole is a fish. Puzzle Answers. 1.

Proverbs (1) It is never too late to mend. (2) Birds of a feather flock together. (3) Every cloud has a silver lining. 2. Central Acrostic CD SEek.

(2) TITle. (3) AbHor. 4) DrEad. to) TuLp.) 8 LaBor. 7) CrAck.

8) DIRty. SeRve. (10) MaTor. (11) LeMon. (12) LoOse.

(13) WaRes. (14) EnEmy. Central Acrostic ETHEL BARRY MORE. 3. Rhyming Enigma CANDY.

4. Word Squares A 1) 3 Rome. (4) Deed (1) Ring. (2 Idea. (3) Neat.

(4) Gate (1) Pomp, (2) Over. (3) Mere. (4) Prey, (1) Rope, (2) Open, (3) Pends, (4) Ends. 5. Beheadings (1) Weight eight.

(2) Part art. (3) Swan wQii, (4) Whole hole. (5) Date ate, (6) Scold cold old. 7) Brlng rlng. Diagonal (1) 8 (2) THree.

Shlre htre lre. (8) (3) Pr Op. (4) 5 ShaWl. ShovE. ProperR.

Commission; (7) Diagonal SHOWERS. Poor Mrs. Woodby. Philadelphia Press.J 'So you're little Willie Woodby V' said the new minister after Sunday school. "I called to see your mother yesterday, but, unfortunately, she was not at home." "ph.

yea ah mas." replied the bojr. 'tut I guess she took you for the Instalment man. you look aometbln' like him." IN on the unity of egro bring forth their systems of philosophy and explain the phenomena of our disordered condition. To me lt appears that moral decay is eating at the very center of our thought and consciousness aa a' united people. It is quite natural that when the mental function flickers there must be some loss of conscious Identity.

It is undoubtedly evident from a careful review of the code of other States, that the universal law is that the marriage contract can be, and is, voidable on the very rules for voiding any other contract, and. even further, it ran.be annulled for adultery, Impotency, desertion, abandonment and cruel treatment. The French Procedure. "The French procedure In divorce," says the American lawyer, "is admirable." "According to the code the petitioner present personally his requete. whereupon the Judge.

If he deems that a prima facie case has been made out, issues an order for the two parties to appear before him priyately. The parties are heard on all points set, out In the requete. and the Judge attempt a conciliation. If this conciliation Is Aot possible, permission is given to the petitioner to get out a summons. This permission or order la also subject to appeal.

Aa in all civil matters the case is tried by the Judge, without a Jury. There are other delays. The procedure, however. Is not unlike our after the point referred to above. Here we have a law on psychological principles.

'Agree with thine adversary quickly, whilst thou art in the way with is Just aa true aa In divine law. Observe thAt the time for conciliation In divorce In Franc is at the onsetnot after the two partle have heaped abuse and possible hi suit, and revealed the secrets of their married life to a Judge in a crowded courtroom. Advantage of Privacy. "A decree nisi, in, comparison with the French procedure as above referred to, seems so utterly lacking In psychological astuteness as to appear very poor. In AMERICA: MOTHER'S BEST BONNET.

Written for The Indianapolis News. jVe children were four In number, and although there were only a few of us, we were capable of more mischief than most families four times as large as ours. We nnwlt Kfurv tn An mat tVilns a tn tti world, now that she was ten: year old, and could read in an advanced reader and only one left to be the mourner, lie had begun the study of arithmetic. She must appear in costume; that wa par was the oldest of the children, and per tleularly necessary because he was so hap that account In part for our high esteem for her. Jack and 1 1 had Just passed our eighth birthday, and I waa beginning to wonder whether I ahould ever be as old a Mary.

Jack was my twin brother; yet I always looked upon Jack as older than myself, because I accepted his Judgment a authority on all debatable questions. Alice was almost sit, and we called her our little sunshine. Such a. dear, thoughtful little girl was she that we all loved her, and she received special attentions because she was the baby. Mother had been planning to go over to Aunt Susie' to spend the day, and we were looking forward to the hours Of un when should left In control.

The day mother wnt waa a. coot rainy day in March, so thnjt we needed a fire in the grate. Sarah going to be busy In the sewing room moit. of the day except when she prepared oar lunch; so we were to play in the large living room during the instruction as play and! how she mother's absence, Mother gave i Mary to what we might could keep us from getting into any mis dead rose from her pillow. Soon every chlef." Mary was usually very sober and" thing was going nicely.

Jack sat in trustworthy, though at times she became front of the fireplace beside the couch, as mischievous as any other child of her convulsed with sobs. At a very touch a8e 1ng Dlace lit the diseouraa drnnwd We played quietly, and no trouble spoiled the morning's delight. After lunch, things did not move smoothly. We had played' that Alice wa sick, and Tf attntir But a little difficulty arose when I decided that I wanted to be the patient and take the tablets, made of sugar, for Alice was uu missing, imoi soon snail we xorget jack a unwilUng to give up, her art In the fun. chastisement and our prlvSte inter Jack, always ready to pu every one Into views, with mother.

GEM CRAIG. A SNAKE THAT BY I. E. Mother entered the room Just In time te hear Jack say to Dolly: a great bi; black bear may rush from behind the door!" "Jack," said mother, "never let me hear you aay cuch a thing to your sister again! In the first place, it la not true; and in the second, it's very unmanly to frighten a little glrL Tpu put me In mind of something that happened years and years ago when I wa your age, and went to school way off In a little country town." Dolly and Mack left off their play immediately, for mother was a famous story teller. "In a little town," began mother, "there lived two boys named Durant, who were little terrors, and always in some kind of mischief.

They didn't really mean to be naugty, but they were; and they gave everybody lots of trouble. Well, one spring a new boy moved toJ town. Hia name waa William Sande and be at once became a special object of derision to the Durant boys; for he had beautiful yellow curls which his mother refused to have cut off, though he was quite a big boy. The Durant had their head shaved; of course Willie himself hated those curls. "Most of us school children used to tease but nobody was a bad aa the Durants, "and they were awful.

They called him Millie instead of Willie, and said he was a coward, and altogether were so hateful that Willie's life waa anything but pleasant. He did look like A little girl, and wasn't much of a fighter, for he never answered back; but he had a deal of pluck, as you will see before I finish my story. "One day, the Durant boys told the. rest ot us that they had a fine Joke to play on Miss Millie. They said they were going to kill a snake, and put it on a ttump somewhere and then tell Willie It was a very poisonous beast, and dare him to kill it.

"So that afternoon all we naughty little children gathered together for a snake hunt through the woods, and finally we found a copperhead, which the boys killed. Now, a copperhead, you know, is perhaps one of the most poisonous of snakes, and the bite is almost always fatal. "This snake the boys colled up on a stump; they stuck his head up in a most lifelike attitude, and then we all went home and forgot all about it. "The next day at noon the boy proposed ft walk through the woods, and to Willie delight asked him to come along. We sooii reached the place where the snake was, and suddenly Ned Durant called out: 'Good gracious, there's a great big snake colled up on that "Willie Jumped as if he had been shot, and said: rather faintly.

'Right In front of answered I French practice a man and his wife may hr.ve a dispute and cause for divorce given; may go to the Judge In conciliation preparatory to a trial and yield to the Judge's arguments as to the advantages of forgetting! their difficulty and returning without any one being the herefore without having their ncme again wiser, and family peace disturbed by the knowledge of publicity Secrecy then In conciliation as a preliminary step in conciliation divorce absolute secrecy as to the public at large so far as the press is these are the features Different Modes of Just now oranges are beautiful, and certainly are good, not alone for dessert, but for an "appetiser" before breakfast as well, for nothing tastes quite so refreshing as a small glass of orange Juice newly squeezed from; the fruit, the first thing In the morning. As a breakfast fruit it is our most valuable assistant, for lt can be had at almost all seasons when other fruit are not to be found, or whose price makes them prohibitive to ordinary mortals. A few receipts for different ways of serving oranges are given beldw. which may relieve the monotony of the sliced orange, or yet the orange cut in halves, which is more general: Breakfast Orange Cut fruit in small piecen after peeling deep enough with a sharp knife to remove white skin. Omit sugar and serve ice cold with strawberry forks and small dish: of powdered plate.

Orange Mint pulp from sour allow ft sugar, of mint and a lemon Juice to Chill, add, a and serve in gtanses with mint. Orange Jelly Slice off a from the stem oranges. Sooop pulp and pointed spoon, not to break Add the Jui quite a stiff Just before back into the (filling them), cracked ice When firm sharp knife and Jelly into Serve around whipped cream. Ambrosia in Pulp the orange at ft I a good humor, suggested that we pretend that Alice died. Then at the funeral I might play the organ.

This promise pacified me. for I was always fond of nerformlnff in that waY 1. MaTT Was tO conduct the services, and Jack was the fond of wearing girls' clothes. After' don ning Mary's best wool dress, there wa i more needed. He must have a bonnet.

Dread filled Mary heart, for she knew that If Jack said he must have a thing. unless mother was there to use her argu ment, he would have it. We all knew of a certain bandbox In mother's room, which waa usually empty when she wa ab sent. But on that day, as I have said, it wa raining would that it had been a bright May day! Mother was one of the best dressed women in the neighborhood. perhaps, because her clothes were al ways kept In such careful repair.

Her! bonnet had been left at home, that timu. and Jack knew It waa there. He must have It and ho one was there to prevent him. I was anxious to see Just, how Jack would look with mother" a bonnet on; so I raised no objections. Soon he emerged from mother's room wearing the bonnet and walking care fully to prevent Its misplacement, for the pins were Insufficient.

He looked so ridiculous that laughter broke up the service for a little while and even the his handkerchief and leaned over to nick lt up Ce.tainly there wa consternation and th, dead arose when we BAW th flames piaylng; aroud mother', best bonnet and saw it fall Into ashes. A a lli 4 VU VI UUUiCK WCIO TV on Sunday when mother' bonnet was CAME TO LIFE. WATSON. I Ned. 'I dare you to kill him.

Here's a "Willie hesitated and somebody cried: 'Coward i 'I'm hot acoward'' exclaimed Willie, his face turning scarlet wfth wrath. 'Here, give me the old stick. I'll kill him. He' only a harmless thing anyway, even though he Is Willie didn't know much about snakes, and probably couldn't have told an anaconda from a garter snake, or he never would have made such a foolish remark. "He approached the enemy with a brave step and brought the stick down hard.

In an Instant something very strange happened. The stump seemed to be covered with a writhing mass and quick as light nlpng a long neck lifted Itself and struck Willie with It forked tongue. He screamed and turned to run. Ned Durant was the first to get his wits back, for the rest of us stood and gaped at the unusual spectacle of seeing a dead snake apparently come to life. 'Quick.

cried Ned. seising Willie by the arm. "run for your life to the doctor's. You've been bitten by copperhead, and It' deadly Another boy grabbed Willie's other arm, and they reached the doctor's In a few minutes. Fortunately the doctor waa in; and he worked over Willie for hours; the boy did not whimper through all the pain.

"I think that the Durant boys never played a practical Joke again as long as they lived, for they1 were thoroughly frightened; and after it was all over, they couldn't be nice enough to Willie Sande, for they were always thinking that they might not have had the chance to 'make "What really happened was this: Tne dead snake's mate had come to look for him, as they are often known to do, and had so coiled itseii up on tne stump max we. thinking only of the dead snake we had left there, hadn't noticed the live one. "So, concluded mother, smiling, let us remember not to taunt others: for other may be braver than we ourselves are, when the critical moment comes." ALEXANDER TrjE GREAT. rH' Alexander was eleven years old and al most as broad as he was long. Miss Susie said It was no wonder he was so fat, for wasn't he alway munching some goody? You could always be sure of finding Alexander busy with one of two things sleeping or eating.

1 When Miss Susie scolded him for his gluttony, Alexander only grinned. Hadn't he heard such talk ever since he was ft wee bit of a pickaninny and now he was old enough to wait on the door and run I beg your pardon, I meant walk errands? Alexander had not had much chance to be a good boy. His father was a worthless scamp and his mother very weak woman. When her was Just a little chap and would commit some act of dis obedience ehe would wring her hands jfnd which. Joined to a liberal catalogue of causes for divorce, make the laws of France, in this respect, thoroughly dap ted to the state of society at the present day.

As to Press Reports. "Not only does Article 239 of the Civil Code provide that evidence can be heard with cloned doors, but press reports ate forbidden under a fine a high as 2,000 francs. This should; be Imitated In every State In our Union. "The liberty of the pree Is not Involved. but the liberty of Serving Oranges.

with powdered sugar and grated cocoanut. and serve In the half skins with whipped cream and a sprinkling of cocoanut on top. 1 Orange Icing for Orange Drope Make a atljt poundcake batter (use a half measure of pound cake and add more flour) and flavor with grated rind of orange Drop batter on this so that drop will be about the size of a silver dollar when baked. Make tclng by stirring confectioner's sugar with orange Juice until stiff. Spread thinly and set in oven to dry.

Orange Cream Sherbet Make a rich orangeade in which some of the pulp of the orange is retained. Flavor with orange "aest," ob taiued by rubbing loaf sugar on the peel until lt becomes yellow. When fro sea add a pint of whipped cream to ft pint and a half of orange Juice, turn the freeser a few times more snd let stand an hour before serving. CAUSES sugar at each Remove oranges and tablespoon powdered one half tablespoon finely chopped teaspoon of each orange. little sherry champagne a sprig of in Quarters email piece end of the out the Juice with ft being careful the skin.

and pulp to lemon Jelly straining Pour orange skins and set upon to harden. cut with a through skin quarter. a. mound of Orange Skin fine, mix AND NEAT LITTLE JANEY. 71 tn I 'MCW SO very i VP someTRmcs As when she An hung him say: "I can't do anything with Alexander, he's so bad!" Worse still, she would beat the boy, which would do no more good.

Then waa put in a' school where' bad children are sometimes sent to give them better training. Alexander didn't like this at all, because he could sleep only at night time and couldn't have good things to eat by day. So he ran off, and hit mother Instead of taking him back, had let him stay home to grow lazier and more worthless every Miss Susie Kemp lived up at the big nouse and rather liked the black boy. He looked like a piece of hronse she declared. or a nuge plum pudding.

She oiTered to take Alexander and give him another chance to do right In her house. She bought him a suit of livery, dark green, with wonderfully shiny gold buttons, and a cap, and Alexander waa looked up to as a sort of king by the ragged little darkle in the neighborhood. CVnhea do not make the man," neither did they make Alexander. He behaved horribly; would go sound asleep while Mies Susie was trying to teach him his lessons. I'm afraid the cook told the truth when she said every time her back was turned aa apple or a doughnut would strangely disappear.

For some strange reason these i things only occurred when Alexander was around, if Alexander were sent, to the store he would stay half a day, or lose the money. Miss Susie made up her mind to send him back to his mother. AH the servants disliked the boy, perhaps because, the boy did nothing worth being liked for. They would carry tales to his mistress, making lltm out wore than he. was, though he was bad enough, it's true.

The waitress in Miss Kemp's house was a pretty blond haired girl named Freda. She was gentle, soft of voice, very upright and truthful. For some unknown reason. Freda took a decided likine tn Alexander and wa always taking his part. Whenever she could do him a good turn, you may be sure it was done.

She gave him sticks of mint candy when he would do something for her and the re sult was mat Alexander, the useless, be came Freda's devoted slave. He would help her clean the silver, wim th tlmn and save her numberless steps every day. vuc uay reaa and Alexander were busy In the dining room. Freda said: "You ought to be a fine boy with a name like Alexander!" "Why Freda, was anybody else named Alexander except my granddaddy, who is dead? i ouuuiu eay so: Alexander was of the greatest generals the world ever had." one has Oh. tell me about him, Freda," said Alexander, whose brass buttons had given him a decided taste for things warlike I Freda told him simply the story of Alexander's life and why he wa ur named the Great.

How from the time he was a little boy he was anxious to b. something and something in the world. How he became the greatest leader how brave he was how his men all loved him and followed him into the greatest danger how active and energetic he was. "His ambition was so strong, Alexander, that even asa boy he said one day to his companions, 'Boys, I'm afraid my father will leavo me nothing to He wanted lo be a greater conqueror than his father, Fhihp, a fighter greater than Achilles." Freda and Alexander made a beautiful picture, Mies" Susfce thought, as she passed through the room. The fair, gentle Freda and the black, shiny eyed Alexander.

Could that really be Alexander, thought Miss Susie, as she saw the little ecamo actually polishing the teapot and doing it well? As Freda finished her story she said tier The ouT To dry "Alexander, I believe you are not the bad boy every one says you are, but can be rood and honest and truthful and brave. To show you how much I believe in you I have worked these srold letters for you to wear on your coat." Alexander spelled out. Alexanderithe Great. "I want you to wear It and try to become like your famous namesake. If you do, I'll ask Miss Susie to keep you another month.

instead of sending you bacK to tne te form School, where you were so un happy." Alexander promised. Perhaps the fact that Freda believed In him started him rlsht perhaps those' shiny gold letter on his coat reminded him or nis promise perhaps the spirit that made Alexander the Great what he waa, had entered th black bov'a heart. It 1 hard to leu. but Misa Susie kept Alexander another month and still (mother, until year rolled around. If you visited Richmond to day, you would probably see seated Minn Susie's victoria a flne lonklnsr He looks little like i fiit rorv oolv bov we saw at the be cinnina of this story.

Miss Susie, though. Is proud of telling of Alexander reformation, and if her coachman ahould turn back the lapel of his coat. I am told vnn would see, some faded, rusty looking riit letters, spelling theso words: ALEX ANDER THE GREAT. GOOD BOOKS FOR CHILDREN. To Be Found lit.

ths City library. Aesopus. Baby's dwn Aesop: Being the fnbles condensed in rhyme with portable morala, pfctorlolly pointed by Walter Crane. D.4. Bennett.

John. Master Skylark. (A story nf BhaWeanenre'a time R730. Brown. A.

F. The Curloua Book of Birds. (Bird myths from many In, win WM. Burroughs, John. Birds and Bees.

Sharp Kvea and Other Papers, with a bio Kraohical sketch of the. author Church. A. J. Stories From the Bible, 2v.

(Stories from the Old Testament retold in the language of the Scrip ini Wins fn "Palmer The Tlrnwnles: Their BOOK (Htorics or me adventures ui vjuaiui little neonle.) C.315. Jewett. S. O. A Whtte Heron and otper Stories.

(Story of a mtie country airl's loyalty to a beautiful bird.) A XSk Lang. Andrew. Story of the Golden Fleece. (The chl dren of the cloud, the search for the fleece and the wlnnlnir nf the fleece.) BZ5006. arr.it Kir Ivar.hoe.

(A fasct I natlng romance of feudal times. In which rude Saxon life is contrasted wlth'Nnrmnn chivalry.) AGMX Sherman. F. Little Folk Lyrics. (A book of beautiful nature poems for children.) CA8S79.

Weed. C. M. and Dearborn. Ned.

Birds in Their Relations to Man. A Manual of Economic Ornithology for the United States and Canada. (This I book contalna supKentlons for build ing bird houses, bird baths and other devlees for attracting the birds.) M61M. Yonge. C.

M. 1 Little Duke. (Story of Richard the Fearless, who became Duke of Normandy when eight years old.) B9943. Easy to Down. (Cleveland Plain Dealer.

"fJkllllt is horribly "What's the "Why, he wrote a scorching screed asainrt tha trust evil and wound It tip with tha single line 'Down with the Yes i "And It appeared In print 'Down with ths i toast:" show that he is capable of making a living for a family, by having a certain competence laid by and a good, "steady Job" in hand. Beefsteak, Bread and Love. These conclusions muy seem very severe to the romantic maiden and youth who have always relied on some. one to take care of them have never known what the struggle Is to live," but they find to thHr sorrow that beefsteak and bread are more wholesome than love. There Is no disgrace in a valid marriage.

Then why ruh. hurry and keep secret a matter of such vital importance? Our marriages are complained of but they are no worse than our education, our trade, oyr diet and 'our customs. There has been a cry to "ostracize the divorce, boycott the divorce!" Why? While such a plan might giving Just dues to thone who in their moral degeneracy seek marriage from tha mere gratification of their passions, yet there are those innocent person, who can not help themselves, under the ban, who, through legal or moral necessity, sought separation. To ostracize them wuld not be Improving your own morality, but rather degrading your own humanity. It Is not for us to avenge such wrongs.

Time will ling the dread reaction. I have seen It uome to many under the passive resignation or milder name despair. Is that not enough? No: "let him that is without sin cast the first stone" at the mUfortunes of hi neighbor. Christ saw much a th world to weep over and much to pray over, but he saw nothing In it to look on with contempt. 1 Secrecy and Publicity.

Let our legislation. If it mast be, de nr.and secrecy In dlvotce, publicity In marrkige. Publish with a fine, as does our neighbor France the publication of divorce proceedings. Protect our homes with its secrets. Keep the skeletons in their closet.

Forbid a second marriage while either, the husband or the wife is living. Give the children to the mother as custodian, if she be found mentally and morally capable and tit to be In II GOIITEST HE TOLD CHILDREN r0W PLAY THE GAME TO WEIRD STORIES OFJ TRAVEL Arthur was ft great talker, and ft ways liked to play ft game tn which lt waa necessary to do a good deal of conversing. So, when one morning, at the breakfast table, he said. fBoy. played a fine game last night at Dick Colton's party, ail the children exclaimed: "I bet it was a talking gams." However.

Arthur being th only one old enough to attend evening parti, hi word was law. and the children. wr perfectly willing to learn his gam even though they would rather play a romping on themselves. Can we play It nowr asked fcttte Jim xnle, "or 1 lt too soon ftfter breakfast Pooh, we're not going toi play it at ail," ftnawered Arthur, disdainfully, "it could only be played at ft real Tn Just going to tell you about It. "To start with." he began, aa the chll.

area collected In an attentive oiri. "everybody sat around th table, and then Dick said thai his oousln. Clarence Todd, who had Just teen around the world, was going to entertain, us jrlta an account of some of hi travels. Kons of us had ever met Clarence before and we all liked him, and were delighted that he was going to tell us some adventure. Clarence sat at the head of the tahia.

and the first thlna he did warn ta turn all ihe gaa out. "Then he said he was first cnlrr ta tell us the story of his travels in Kypt and he had also some curiosities to thow, which he hoped would Interest us. Then ne told an exciting story about meeting an old Egyptian in Cairo, who took, him down Into a subterranean Dassaae showed him any number of mummies. I remember the story endec? like this: 'My, guide for a moment turned his back, anT at that Instant bending over the briy of what once must have been a beautiful Egyptian woman, discovered tliat her hand waa severed at the wrUt, and that It was lying beside her. I was suuJomly seised with the desire to possess this prize, and lt Was the work of an Instunt to transfer the hand to my pocket.

The guide noticed nothing, and 1 intule my way from the vault in safety, with my treasure secure. Young ladles and gen tlemen. I have that hund with me now. and am going to pass it among you, firwt asKing mat no one drop it. a it 1 price less.

5 With that Clarence drew somethln from his pocket, and pasned It. Boys, it waa really a hand! Cold, wet, darn my hand that made the girls scream at the touch, and even some of us fellows want ed to drop It. "It finally came back to Clarence; and then he said If were Interested he'd ahow us some more curiosities. The said they didn't want any more rtend things, so Clarence said all the othera were decidedly more cheerful. next story waa about a trip on the Mediterranean, where he captured ft very won derful prickly shell fish, and then he banded this around to everyone.

It round, and so prickly that ooull hardly hold it. "Next came ft wonderful pleoe ofTarya tal from the Cave of the WIMe, and ever so many things after that. When, he had shown us everything, he turned up th gas, saying perhap we would like to aee all these things in th now. And what a Joke It waa on usl the mummy's hand turned out to be a kid glove stuffed with wet sand; the wonderful sheUllsh. a small pincushion filled with t'eells, while th crystal waa a piece of oommoti rUss, rounded on the edges, so It wouldn't cut us.

The other specimens were Just as simple. "lt was on of the best rames I eve? saw," concluded Arthur, "bt. of couree, Clarence made it interesting by Ms exciting atones. Any good story teller could do it" 4 Tho Bird Time. There ar three little frla living In small New Jersey town who were, very anxious to make some money for charity.

Fair were too commonplace, and they were bound not to beg, so what do you suppose they did? They edited ft email bl weekly paper and sold lt for 1 cents ft copyl This paper is called the Bird Times, and is very, very cunmTgs and amusing. It Is written on one side of ft pine of foolscap, and contains all the very" latest news from Bird Land. Including little Jingles and conundrums, very one of which are entirely 'original. One of the editor ia an artlnt, so in every edition there are several little drawing, illustrating different events In Bird Land, which greatly Improves the Tlmes's appearance. 1 1 At present there are about thirty subscribers, which brings thetn In tJ cents every two weeks, which, of course, amounts to Jl.W ft month, i A dollar and 20 cents Isn't ft very larre sum, but when several months' earr ints sre put together and saved, it amount to ft good deal, and those little vlr 1 ate able to help many people to hom a dollar may mean bread enough for ivetJ hungry little one.

trusted with them. It the etirrrt be obtained from both the parens. If tti father be without means or property snd be only a wi ge earner. let a part if Ma wages be apart and applied to the surnort of his eruldren. Marrluge while a former husband or wife is living i ould forbidden by rtamte.

or a decree forbid.llng lt coulii be made by ft court tinder authority conferred by Mut i ute. Many divorce. I am confident, would never be sought if our; statutes forUuls a second marriage. Borne states have el ready adopted this restriction. In the following mil no reinci.ioii on the subsequent tnarrlHtre of either prty.

In an: action for divorr, vli: Jnuliina. Vlnh.i Iowa. In1ln Territory, )hl, Rhode Island. Went Virmr.U. Nevail.i.

ArknxaK. Ko.W Jersey. New Mext ho, W'vnming. trl of Columbia, Missouri, 'Illinois and New Hampntitro. V.

hll Connecticut. Kentucky. North Carolina nd Texas, provide thut elther partv may marry nifaln efcr divorce. VlrglnU ani Al i b.ima jeave the nmtier of a second rri. riak" lt th discretion of the co'irta.

uth Carolina has no divorce laws i all. ReKtrlctlor to both partif i in California. Minnesota, Oregon, NVrth Ihikota. Waahlnglon and V. i si" In the following.retrlct!on err' to one of the parties, Yut, Mawsac htisett.

Delaware. Nebrat ka. Tnnmwe, South Wiy.o t. i and Vermont. In th above the restrictions ere and are removed after a ri rtnh wi.ile others rnly fordid remarri wij each other.

Florida makes it the guilty piity to marry while tlier, party still lives. Legislation Should be Divorce legislation shouM A divorre granted In ono FUte carry with it all the rrt trk Hot, a i 'ncd on lt Into other States ti fTen.Je should be punlnliM fur a criminal offense. Ti.ere mui i it action against the ubufe of rriv.iefre of divorce, and this ni.irU which his swept the cinitiy, v. I believe when wh cl it 1 I revolution ulsld. Tiie craij out of fanhloa.

ARTHUR INTRODUCED UNTRIED REMEDIES the Individual, the liberty of the family, the sacredness of the conjugal heart even when the rupture begins, is very much at stake. What business la lt of the public to know the evidence leading up to the divorce of John Doe and his wife? Is it not an impertinence that has been tolerated lonsr enough, this publicity of family matter in the press? How can a reconciliation be effected after John Doe and Ms wife's relations have been reported throughout the continent and cabled to Europe? After a man has charged hi wife with infidelity, and it has been spread abroad and commented upon in public, can he be expected to Ire in a proper frame of mind to take her back? "The French aystem' of conciliation. Joined with privacy in divorce evidence, is putting the legal horse before the legal cart. Not so a decree nisi." Can Mistakes be Remedied? Can the mistakes of marriage be remedied by dlvorie without prejudice to cither party? They should be. They should be granted for such reasons and In such a.

manner as net to weaken th confidence In marriage relation, to those yet outside 'the toils. A reasonable deduction from the moral and legal relations of the married and divorced, the following conclusion may be drawn: 1 1. That every person making application for a marriage licence ahould be required by law to reconsider the matter and be certain as to his desires, should be required to make the application a certain required length of time beforehand. S. That the age should be extended.

No man ahould receive a license under the age of twenty five years, nor a woman under the age of twenty one years. 3. No person should consider marriage until they are certain they are physically and mentally capable hence a certificate from a reputable practicing physician ahould accompany every marriage application for license, and should be made a part of It, showiug that both the parties named In the application are in a sound and healthy condition of body and mind. 4. Every man making application for ft marriage license should be required to.